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ones are repayments, repayments scheduled, the election in germany and we all know, i believe that angela merkel will be re-elected, but those are the sort of big things that i'm looking at to see how the markets will react. >> let me switch gears to ask you your take on the banking sector. i know you're on the board of barclays so i'm not asking to give away any secrets here, but there's a real movement across the world to split up some of these banks. how do you think this is going to go? are you expecting a global standard when it comes to the financial services sector? what's your take on how the major banks change the course of business in the coming years? >> well, maria, i'm sure you're aware that, obviously, i have restrictions about what i can say, but i think that the story in general since 2009 has been one of global standards. i know christ ianella guard has spoken about this going back to the g-20. a lot of discussion about coming together. there's a lot of conversations going on in the background that are aiming to have some convergence around these issues. remember, these e
ones are repayments, repayments scheduled, the election in germany and we all know, i believe that angela merkel will be re-elected, but those are the sort of big things that i'm looking at to see how the markets will react. >> let me switch gears to ask you your take on the banking sector. i know you're on the board of barclays so i'm not asking to give away any secrets here, but there's a real movement across the world to split up some of these banks. how do you think this is going to...
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angela merkel has lost a close political ally. on thursday, the president formally accepted the resignation of the education minister. she is so respected by many of her colleagues. >> through her dedication, science and research in germany have been strengthened. she was consistently an informed and steadfast advocate of the sciences. >> back in 2009, angela merkel began her second term as chancellor. in the three years since, she has had to reshuffle his cabinet five times. the defense minister stepped down after an early plagiarism scandal cost him his doctorate. then a resignation after information surfaced he had tried to downplay civilian deaths in afghanistan. and merkel forced the resignation of the environment minister after he led conservatives to a major defeat. the new education minister has now been sworn in, and merkel is easy to put the latest scandal behind her. >> all right, well, time to leave the halls of government behind us and had across town to the berlin film festival. there are just three more days to go u
angela merkel has lost a close political ally. on thursday, the president formally accepted the resignation of the education minister. she is so respected by many of her colleagues. >> through her dedication, science and research in germany have been strengthened. she was consistently an informed and steadfast advocate of the sciences. >> back in 2009, angela merkel began her second term as chancellor. in the three years since, she has had to reshuffle his cabinet five times. the...
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the prime minister here in italy said he was shaken by the news, while the chancellor angela merkel said she respects his decision. and david cameron sending his wishes. it comes in a meeting this morning, he announced this decision to leave the papacy at the 28th of february at 8:00 at night. it was a decision made without consulting anyone. there was a lot of surprise. and also, the spokesman, when he made a speech -- or when he had a press conference just a few hours later, he said, you know, we need some time, we need some days to try to better understand how to move forward. just to better understand what's going to happen afterwards, is that there will be a conclave of 118 cardinals that will be electing the new pope. so clearly what happens between now and then, really, is that the pope will continue doing what he has done so far. his decision was unexpected. and the way he announced it was very, very simple. he said he doesn't feel he has the strength, mental and physical and spiritual, to move forward in this position. he needs the physical strength that he does not have. he has
the prime minister here in italy said he was shaken by the news, while the chancellor angela merkel said she respects his decision. and david cameron sending his wishes. it comes in a meeting this morning, he announced this decision to leave the papacy at the 28th of february at 8:00 at night. it was a decision made without consulting anyone. there was a lot of surprise. and also, the spokesman, when he made a speech -- or when he had a press conference just a few hours later, he said, you...
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he met angela merkel today. he now heads to a major security conference by chance in munich with dozens of heads of state and 70 defense and foreign ministers. that will be key. the situation in turkey as it is with iran, may upgrade nuclear facilities and he'll also meet syrian opposition leaders. a lot going on in terms of defense and politics. let me mention one more to you. today it was announced gili is taking over that manufacturing base for just $17 million. carl, it's what they call the third wave of globalization where former emerging or developing economies -- india and china -- now come back into the main stream, into western europe or america and buy those branded assets. in particular of course land rover bought by the indians. back to you. >> all i know is great leg room. you got a lot of leg room in those. >> more expensive i'm afraid. >> good weekend, simon. >> you too. >> let's check on energy and commodities. sharon epperson has a lot of news today. >> there is a lot of news. there's a lot of c
he met angela merkel today. he now heads to a major security conference by chance in munich with dozens of heads of state and 70 defense and foreign ministers. that will be key. the situation in turkey as it is with iran, may upgrade nuclear facilities and he'll also meet syrian opposition leaders. a lot going on in terms of defense and politics. let me mention one more to you. today it was announced gili is taking over that manufacturing base for just $17 million. carl, it's what they call the...
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bersani with the agreement with angela merkel. i don't think mario monti has hidden the fact that he's concerned about the influence, particularly the power of the union on the democratic party. if we look on the german side, the foreign minister said what they want ultimately is a party that's going to continue with the reforms, that's going to continue with the fiscal consolidation. i'm not sure there's anything new here. perhaps an argument, too, where angela merkel is concerned, the power she would least like to see in power is the -- in a few months time. we've talked a lot about politics. i want to get a sense of, too, the voice of the business in terms of what they need to see after this election. and i spoke to the ceo of the largest retail bank here in san paolo and we talked about this idea of reforms and a mandate for change. germany arguably had schroeder. i asked whether perhaps the most influential and important italian doesn't actually sit in this cup, but he sits at the head of the ecb. listen to what was said. >>
bersani with the agreement with angela merkel. i don't think mario monti has hidden the fact that he's concerned about the influence, particularly the power of the union on the democratic party. if we look on the german side, the foreign minister said what they want ultimately is a party that's going to continue with the reforms, that's going to continue with the fiscal consolidation. i'm not sure there's anything new here. perhaps an argument, too, where angela merkel is concerned, the power...
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as for the picture over in europe, some comments from germans chancellor angela merkel about the euro saying between 130 and 140 for the u.s. dollar is normal. those are the comments being focused on this morning. a mixed bag in terms of europe and take a look at the picture in asia. the nikkei, the one to focus on, closing at a 4 1/2-year high in yesterday's session. >> fresh five-years for the s&p and dow, fresh 12 years for the nasdaq, helped in part by a renewed appetite for deal making. >> cracks in the housing picture this morning, january starts to decline 8 1/2%. toll brother earnings sharply miss earnings. >> could demand for the iphone be cooling? fox con pressuring shares this morning. >>> the rally continuing with the dow and s&p having their best day in two weeks. nasdaq closing at 12-year highs. dow less than 130 points from closing at an all-time high. guys, a lot of discussion about how it's a nominal high. but getting back to 14164 would be news. in some form or fashion, jim. >> i think that there is a level of, dare i say, excitement. in other words, we're seeing lev
as for the picture over in europe, some comments from germans chancellor angela merkel about the euro saying between 130 and 140 for the u.s. dollar is normal. those are the comments being focused on this morning. a mixed bag in terms of europe and take a look at the picture in asia. the nikkei, the one to focus on, closing at a 4 1/2-year high in yesterday's session. >> fresh five-years for the s&p and dow, fresh 12 years for the nasdaq, helped in part by a renewed appetite for deal...
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but that's nothing angela merkel can influence. i'm sure it's going to be a topic of discussion saying, look, is this going to be a government crisis? can you avert this? that is nothing we will hear about. the official communique will sound similar to what we heard out of paris, out of the monte meeting. don't expect a result on this budget summit yet on the table and on we go to the next rendezvous in terms of the budgets. we've got another eu summit in march, which is not -- which is not ear marked, of course, as a budget meeting, but i daresay we will trickle along nicely or unnicely until finally they reach an agreement on the next budget. in terms of the eurozone debt crisis, of course, that's the other point of discussion. at the moment, there's a little bit of cautious shoulder padd g padding, but it will be a bit more cautious because of the aforementioned festering crisis in spain. obviously, what we've seen at the moment is we live on the principal hope that the eurozone might grow itself or stabilize itself out of the c
but that's nothing angela merkel can influence. i'm sure it's going to be a topic of discussion saying, look, is this going to be a government crisis? can you avert this? that is nothing we will hear about. the official communique will sound similar to what we heard out of paris, out of the monte meeting. don't expect a result on this budget summit yet on the table and on we go to the next rendezvous in terms of the budgets. we've got another eu summit in march, which is not -- which is not ear...
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leader of the blocks the toughest economy is meeting the head of one of its weakest german chancellor angela merkel will join forces with spain's prime minister. to discuss the euro zone's ongoing crisis though it's facing massive criticism back at home with corruption allegations on the opposition still calling for him to step down now the latest from berlin now with artie's peter all of. it could very well be called a meeting between the euro zone's haves and well quite frankly the have nots as german chancellor angela merkel sits down to talks with the spanish prime minister mariano what. germany still widely regarded as the euro zone's only real success economically while as many fear that spain could go the way of greece now the spanish prime minister will receive the full welcome of germany including full military all this power they see was to turn up at the doorstep of many in his own country he may face severe criticism that's because many spanish citizens still think he hasn't done enough to deal with bank has the same basically the bearings are of this huge incredible fiefs run on
leader of the blocks the toughest economy is meeting the head of one of its weakest german chancellor angela merkel will join forces with spain's prime minister. to discuss the euro zone's ongoing crisis though it's facing massive criticism back at home with corruption allegations on the opposition still calling for him to step down now the latest from berlin now with artie's peter all of. it could very well be called a meeting between the euro zone's haves and well quite frankly the have nots...
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the leader of the blocs toughest economy is meeting the head of one of its weakest german chancellor angela merkel will join forces with spain's prime minister. to discuss the eurozone crisis though roy is facing criticism back at home with corruption allegations and the opposition calling ever louder for him to step down avoid us from berlin with r.t. correspondent peter. it could very well be called a meeting between the euro zone's haves and well quite frankly the have nots as german chancellor angela merkel sits down to talks with the spanish prime minister mariano what are quite germany still widely regarded as the euro zone's only real success economically while as many fear that spain could go the way of greece now the spanish prime minister will receive the full welcome of germany including full military honors however if he was to turn up at the doorstep of many in his own country he may face severe criticism that's because many spanish citizens still think he hasn't done enough to deal with bank has the same basically the bearings are of this huge incredible feast run only by you
the leader of the blocs toughest economy is meeting the head of one of its weakest german chancellor angela merkel will join forces with spain's prime minister. to discuss the eurozone crisis though roy is facing criticism back at home with corruption allegations and the opposition calling ever louder for him to step down avoid us from berlin with r.t. correspondent peter. it could very well be called a meeting between the euro zone's haves and well quite frankly the have nots as german...
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warland against the chief cheerleader of a sturdy angela merkel there has been some friction in the past he says all of their major issues that they have are behind them and that they are ready to work together so i expect what we will see is that some kind of solution being put forward by these two how to steer europe towards a definite budget for twenty fourteen to twenty twenty and everybody meets later on thursday. after years of preparations sleepless nights and hard work russian hour something to celebrate tomorrow the official countdown to the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics begins the games already broken the record books are becoming the most expensive ever to be staged or farm reports on the changing face of the host city so choose. piece by piece sot she's a limb picturing is coming together work continues around the clock but with a year to go things are shaping up fast and the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite building everything from scratch russia will be ready and . we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start train
warland against the chief cheerleader of a sturdy angela merkel there has been some friction in the past he says all of their major issues that they have are behind them and that they are ready to work together so i expect what we will see is that some kind of solution being put forward by these two how to steer europe towards a definite budget for twenty fourteen to twenty twenty and everybody meets later on thursday. after years of preparations sleepless nights and hard work russian hour...
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a meeting between the euro zone's haves and twelve quite frankly the have nots as german chancellor angela merkel sits down to talks with the spanish prime minister mariano what are quite germany still widely regarded as the euro zone's only real success economically while as many fear that spain could go the way of greece now the spanish prime minister will receive the full welcome of germany including full military honors how are they if he was to turn up at the doorstep of many in his own country he may face severe criticism that's because many spanish citizens still think he hasn't done enough to deal with bank has the same basically the bearings are of this huge incredible fiefs run only by greed the government's not helping the people the topping the banks it has been at least thirty or fifty times the issue but in the last month it was three people they were going to be if you have to find out how it is but they hang themselves before the police were right there. really any i feel really sad when someone is thrown out because he has no one who can take care of him. this meeting betw
a meeting between the euro zone's haves and twelve quite frankly the have nots as german chancellor angela merkel sits down to talks with the spanish prime minister mariano what are quite germany still widely regarded as the euro zone's only real success economically while as many fear that spain could go the way of greece now the spanish prime minister will receive the full welcome of germany including full military honors how are they if he was to turn up at the doorstep of many in his own...
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. >> in germany, the man who wants to replace angela merkel as chancellor in september is in hot water over italy's e -- election. >> he spoke of the near winners as clowns. one of them, beppe grillo, is a comedian, so he might not be that defended -- offended. >> the other is silvio berlusconi. he is a two-time former prime minister. >> the italian president's state visit to germany has been overshadowed by the diplomatic incident created by peer steinbrueck. italy and germany would continue to work together, despite occasional irritations. >tuesday, peer steinbrueck referred to a delete's former prime minister -- to italy's former prime minister as a clown. >> when one talks about things concerning another friendly, allied country, and about the result of a free election, one must be well balanced in his choice of words. >> he would not be drawn into the matter. >> i do not wish to comment. some statements are sufficient in themselves. >> he said italy would soon have a new government, insisting the country is not ungovernable. >> the world health organization says certain cancers ar
. >> in germany, the man who wants to replace angela merkel as chancellor in september is in hot water over italy's e -- election. >> he spoke of the near winners as clowns. one of them, beppe grillo, is a comedian, so he might not be that defended -- offended. >> the other is silvio berlusconi. he is a two-time former prime minister. >> the italian president's state visit to germany has been overshadowed by the diplomatic incident created by peer steinbrueck. italy and...
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merkel on her own turf and put forward my own theory about how to deal with greece angela merkel will be in france to meet with francois hollande and they'll be taking in the france germany game what we will be seeing is those two talking about what they're going to do going into a meeting on thursday where the you'll be looking at where all of the senior partners in europe will be looking to try and decide the european budget for twenty fourteen to twenty twenty now this has been a huge stumbling block for european leaders in the past year we heard from france warland speaking on tuesday who said that he was ready to try and come to some kind of compromise in the social. warland against the chief cheerleader of a sturdy i'm glad merkel has been some friction in the past he says all of the major issues that they have all behind them and that they're ready to work together so i expect what we will see is that some kind of solution being put forward by these two how to steer europe towards a definite budget for twenty fourteen to twenty twenty and everybody meet later on today or to sti
merkel on her own turf and put forward my own theory about how to deal with greece angela merkel will be in france to meet with francois hollande and they'll be taking in the france germany game what we will be seeing is those two talking about what they're going to do going into a meeting on thursday where the you'll be looking at where all of the senior partners in europe will be looking to try and decide the european budget for twenty fourteen to twenty twenty now this has been a huge...
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called a meeting between the euro zone's haves and well quite frankly the have nots as german chancellor angela merkel sits down to talks with the spanish prime minister mariano. germany still widely regarded as the euro zone's only real success economically while as many fear that spain could go the way of greece now the spanish prime minister will receive the full welcome of germany including full military honors however if he was to turn up at the doorstep of many in his own country he may face severe criticism that's because many spanish citizens still think he hasn't done enough to deal with banks has the same basically the bearings are a huge incredible fiefs run only by greed the governments are not helping the people the topping the banks it has been at least thirty or fifty times the issue but in the last month there was three people they were going to be affixed to the rundown houses but they hang themselves before the police were right there. lonely any i feel really sad when someone is thrown out because he has no one he can take care him. this meeting between the leaders of germany
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but for now the german chancellor angela merkel's caused a bit of a stir in turkey by calling for talks on a session to the e.u. to be restarted the delays in talks of course great annoyance there found by opposition and some e.u. states over human rights and economic issues let's get more on the visit now phillip miss felder m.p. and our foreign policy spokesman for merkel zinah christian democratic party joining us live her life here on r.t. good to see you today sir thanks for coming on the program of all the european leaders why is the german chancellor angela merkel so keen to restart a session talks with the turkey coming into the e.u. . we want to have a good reliable partnership with turkey but on the other hand side we know that the more extended europe and more extended european union will cause much much more problems we can see that we are not able to integrate a country like countries like romania bulgaria and even for foreign policy issues we see many many problems regarding deferring to the full membership of the turkey for european union that makes it very difficult so y
but for now the german chancellor angela merkel's caused a bit of a stir in turkey by calling for talks on a session to the e.u. to be restarted the delays in talks of course great annoyance there found by opposition and some e.u. states over human rights and economic issues let's get more on the visit now phillip miss felder m.p. and our foreign policy spokesman for merkel zinah christian democratic party joining us live her life here on r.t. good to see you today sir thanks for coming on the...
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leading the way trying to get legislation through parliament on these issues, but it has been blocked by angela merkel's conservatives, by and large. a lot of people in conservative ranks want to defend what they view as a more traditional view of the family. these are divisive issues. there's a lot of passion around this. it is very emotional. the greens are saying they're going to make all these issues an element of their election manifesto, so that should be interesting. there is a lot of passion in germany. i have to say also that is not quite as much as it was recently in france where tens of thousands of people took to the streets in demonstrations for and against same-sex marriage. we saw similar scenes in the british parliament as well. >> the outlook is brightening for europe's biggest economy. investor sentiment in germany has surged to a three-year high. >> the index is one of the most closely watched investor confidence surveys. it pulls germany's top 300 financial analysts and is being taken as another sign that the german economy could rebound quickly from a sharp slowdown at the
leading the way trying to get legislation through parliament on these issues, but it has been blocked by angela merkel's conservatives, by and large. a lot of people in conservative ranks want to defend what they view as a more traditional view of the family. these are divisive issues. there's a lot of passion around this. it is very emotional. the greens are saying they're going to make all these issues an element of their election manifesto, so that should be interesting. there is a lot of...
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we talk to ceo angela aarons. we'll hear from her later in the show. >>> and taking the positive u.s. housing numbers from the nhab numbers. we'll be in new york with analysis at 11:45 cet. >> the italian election race is heating up. there is less than a week before voters head to the polls. comedian turns politician beppe grillo, in fact, is owes closing in on sylvia berlusconi for second place. official polls can no longer be published. the private polls seen by reuter s suggest mario monti may, in fact b with be something of a spoiler. >> and the election largely coming down to five key candidates. the front-runner is bersani. he's the leader of the center left pd party, calling for growth measures alongside monte's plan. sylvia berlusconi is threatening to make a political comeback despite corruption scandals. we've mentioned the comedian beppe grillo. at the same time, the former caretaker mario monti, he's been struggling to gain ground in his first ever political campaign. and then last, not necessarily lea
we talk to ceo angela aarons. we'll hear from her later in the show. >>> and taking the positive u.s. housing numbers from the nhab numbers. we'll be in new york with analysis at 11:45 cet. >> the italian election race is heating up. there is less than a week before voters head to the polls. comedian turns politician beppe grillo, in fact, is owes closing in on sylvia berlusconi for second place. official polls can no longer be published. the private polls seen by reuter s...
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comes to dealing with the euro crisis what we're now seeing is peacetime saying i'm going to challenge angela merkel on her own turf and put forward my own theory about how to deal with greece. and france to meet with francois hollande and they'll be taking in the france germany game and we will be seeing is those two talking about what they're going to do going into a meeting on thursday where the you'll be looking at where all of the senior partners in europe will be looking to try and decide the european budget for twenty fourteen to twenty twenty now this has been a huge stumbling block for european leaders in the past year we heard from france warland speaking on tuesday who said that he was ready to try and come to some kind of compromise in the social. francois hollande against the chief cheerleader of a sturdy anglo merkel there has been some in the past he says all of the major issues that they have are behind them and that they're ready to work together so i expect what we will see is that some kind of solution being put forward by these two how to steer europe towards a definite bu
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angela merkel. it is an unfortunate twist of fate that the education minister, of all people, is to be stripped of her doctorate. she got the news in south africa. >> i will not accept the decision by the university of dusseldorf, and i will challenge it in court. now that i am is involved in a legal battle with the university, i must ask for understanding that i cannot comment further on the matter today. >> after an investigation lasting months, the university concluded that schavan plagiarized from other works. >> she intentionally copied in claimed as her own theories originated by others. >> critics have questioned the university's decision not to ask for an independent assessment of the dissertation. members of schavan's party say they are confident her dissertation at the academic standards at the time, but opposition parties are calling for her to step down. >> i cannot for the life of me imagine how a german education minister can remain in office with a blemish like this. >> in 2011, the t
angela merkel. it is an unfortunate twist of fate that the education minister, of all people, is to be stripped of her doctorate. she got the news in south africa. >> i will not accept the decision by the university of dusseldorf, and i will challenge it in court. now that i am is involved in a legal battle with the university, i must ask for understanding that i cannot comment further on the matter today. >> after an investigation lasting months, the university concluded that...
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as chancellor angela merkel heads there on an official visit increasingly frustrated over a lack of progress in negotiations with the prime minister calling the delay unforgivable oxon writer though a political analyst says the current economic situation in the e.u. could leave turkish citizens without any desire to join the block. we have to see that the european union is no democratic pro-choice it's a political approach a sort of ideological approach because when you ask the people in germany if they wanted to head the euro for example fifteen years ago a huge majority of the people who were against getting that europe asked the people if they want to send troops to the turkish syrian border they say no the european union is a construct with eight democratic base it's an ideological base and so maybe hopefully we can hope for for the church people that they will have the right to take part at the referendum of zero to a turkish deal membership because i can imagine that for a turkish citizen to see how the european the the whole of the european union did elopes now in the states is doesn'
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as chancellor angela merkel is there on an official visit right now and career is increasingly frustrated over a lack of progress in negotiations the prime minister calling the delay forgivable and political analyst emanuel oxon writer says the current economic situation in the e.u. actually leaves many turks determined to stay out rather than sign up we have to see that european union is no democratic pro-choice its political approach a sort of ideological approach it because when you ask the people in germany if they wanted to head the euro for example fifteen years ago a huge majority of the people who were against getting that europe ask the people if they want to send troops to the turkish syrian border they say no the european union is a construct with out any democratic base it's an ideological based and so maybe hopefully we can hope for for the turkish people that they will have the right to take part in the referendum a vote about a turkish you membership because i can imagine that for the turkish citizen to see how do you repeat how the european union develops now in those days
as chancellor angela merkel is there on an official visit right now and career is increasingly frustrated over a lack of progress in negotiations the prime minister calling the delay forgivable and political analyst emanuel oxon writer says the current economic situation in the e.u. actually leaves many turks determined to stay out rather than sign up we have to see that european union is no democratic pro-choice its political approach a sort of ideological approach it because when you ask the...